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Tenants who get affordable housing through the city’s lottery or a rental assistance voucher often can’t afford amenity fees in new mixed-income luxury buildings, creating what one described as a…

ByPatrick Spauster 3Comments

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Jan 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Can Mamdani Afford to Expand the CityFHEPS Voucher Program?

Zohran Mamdani promised to expand eligibility for the CityFHEPS rental voucher program to people with slightly higher incomes and households at risk of eviction, but a larger than expected fiscal…

ByPatrick Spauster 4Comments

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Dec 2025

Featured Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Profiles

Remembering the Unhoused New Yorkers Who Lost Their Lives in 2025

An annual vigil honors the New Yorkers who died living on the streets and in the city’s shelters. “Every life lost to homelessness was preventable,” the event’s organizers said. “People…

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

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Dec 2025

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYC Council Overrides Mayor’s Veto of Bill Capping Rents for Voucher Holders

The legislation mandates that households receiving city rental assistance contribute no more than 30 percent of their income on rent. It reverses an earlier move by the Adams administration to…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Nov 2025

2025 Elections Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Conditional Housing Is Still Discriminatory

“I learned the hard way that affordable housing isn’t guaranteed—it’s conditional. The moment your income changes or an agency misses a form, the system recalculates your worth and can pull…

ByRhonda Jackson 0Comments

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Oct 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

What the Federal Govt. Shutdown Means for Your Voucher & Benefits

In spite of the shutdown, tenants in federally subsidized housing programs like Sections 8 will continue to receive those benefits, at least through October, according to legal experts.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 4Comments

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Sep 2025

Government Hear Our Voices Podcast Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion Podcasts Profiles

Hear Our Voices Podcast: ‘If We Don’t Stick Together, We Won’t Make It’

On the latest episode, host Kadisha Davis speaks to Charisma White of the Safety Net Activists about her work in homelessness advocacy and her past experiences looking for housing with a…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Jun 2025

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness

CityFHEPS Voucher Holders & Legal Aid Sue to Preserve Landlord Incentive

After the city suddenly cancelled an incentive for landlords to hold units for families with vouchers—covering one month’s rent while the subsidy application is processed—families in shelter and legal groups…

ByPatrick Spauster 6Comments

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Apr 2025

Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: How 800 Homes in Desirable Communities Could Disrupt a System-to -Homelessness Pipeline

“A stable and safe home can bend the arc of their lives, empowering them to secure steady employment and earn money and save. These 800 homes represent 800 opportunities to…

ByJeremy Kohomban 0Comments

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Dec 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion